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- Babysitting this kid seems to cause you a lot of grief. Maybe you would be happier taking care of the kids of somebody more liberal? It might be better for all concerned since the mother would probably be opposed to
(posted to Talking to kids about tolerance) - Thanks for the link. Interesting part of the article.... "Fact is, according to Canada's Coalition for Gun Control, one out of three women killed by their husbands is shot, 88 per cent of them by legally owned rifles and shotguns.
(posted to Gun ownership and domestic violence) - I think that you are being a little hard on Ms. Riddle. She is basically putting an established legal concept in lay terms. Her comment is not at all absurd because that is basically what the law boils down to.
(posted to Substitute teacher fired because he is transgender) - Canada does have separation of church and state.
(posted to Substitute teacher fired because he is transgender) - Yes, I remember having to say the Lord's prayer until I was in 6th grade or so. It was about this time that the Supreme Court of Canada ruled that having prayer in public schools was discrimination and no longer
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- I thought that they were a concession made for Quebec... at least that was something that someone told me at one point. I'm not sure if that's true or a "blame Quebec" thing. At any rate, one way or the (posted to Substitute teacher fired because he is transgender)
- What is also interesting is that in Saskatchewan at least, the Catholic divisions are allowed to favour Catholic teachers over other teachers, so they are discriminating based on religion. It is protected in the Education Act. (posted to Substitute teacher fired because he is transgender)
- Canada has 3 provinces, Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Ontario, that still fully publicly fund separate systems of education for Catholics. Details differ with provincial law. Quebec and Newfoundland ended similar systems in the 1980's. In Ontario the Catholic system legally discriminates (posted to Substitute teacher fired because he is transgender)
- While I appreciate the discussion of the connection between parochial and public schools in certain provinces in Canada, again, I just wanted to state how this type of termination of trans employees (especially freelance employees like Mr. Buterman) occurs in (posted to Substitute teacher fired because he is transgender)
- In addition I think that this may be a misquote: What the Human rights commissioner is referring to is the Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms - specifically section one which deals with the balancing of rights (http://laws.justice.gc.ca/en/charter/1.html#anchorbo-ga:l_I-gb:s_1). Under Canadian (posted to Substitute teacher fired because he is transgender)
